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2020 Report of the Committee for Development Policy

The Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2020/33, Supplement No. 13) on its 22nd plenary session held from 24 to 27 February 2020 is now available in all six official languages on the CDP website.

The report addresses the following themes discussed by the CDP during the session: (1) the ECOSOC annual theme for 2020, “Accelerate action and transformative pathways: realizing the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development”; (2) the voluntary national reviews (VNRs) of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; (3) the comprehensive review of the (LDC) criteria; (4) the monitoring of countries that are graduating or have graduated from the list of LDCs; (5) improved assistance for graduating and graduated LDCs; and (6) the framework for the Programme of Action for the least developed countries.

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Sabina Alkire on eradicating multidimensional poverty

Ahead of the Second World Summit for Social Development 2025, in this video, Committee for Development Policy (CDP) member Sabina Alkire of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) ) talks about how some countries have made…
Female worker at the Wanxiang Qianchao Co. factory. Founded in 1969, it is one of the largest manufacturers of automotive parts in China. Hangzhou. China. Credit: Crozet M. / ILO

World Economic Situation and Prospects: October 2025 Briefing, No. 195

Rising investment in digital transformation Unprecedented developments in digital technologies and innovation over recent decades continue to reshape economies, societies, and livelihoods. The digital transformation is driven by the convergence and…
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Beyond GDP: what Multidimensional Measures of Poverty and Well-being add to Dashboards and Composite Indices, by Sabina Alkire, Maya Evans and James Foster (CDP Background Paper No. 60)

Momentum is gathering on the implementation of commitments made by the international community to build a measurement framework that respects and accurately reflects the ambitions of sustainable development, going beyond Gross Domestic Product (GDP…